کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
954447 927645 2008 12 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی سیاست های بهداشت و سلامت عمومی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Widowhood and mortality among the elderly: The modifying role of neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals
چکیده انگلیسی

The effect of death of a spouse on the mortality of the survivor (the “widowhood effect”) is well-established. We investigated how the effect of widowhood on mortality depends on the neighborhood concentration of widowed individuals in the United States. We developed a large, nationally representative, and longitudinal dataset from Medicare claims and other data sources characterizing 200,000 elderly couples, with nine years of follow-up (1993–2002), and estimated multilevel grouped discrete-time hazard models. In neighborhoods with a low concentration of widowed individuals, widowhood increased the odds of death for men by 22% and for women by 17%, compared to 17% for men, and 15% for women in neighborhoods with a high concentration of widowed individuals. Our findings suggest that neighborhood structural contexts – that provide opportunities for interacting with others and favoring new social engagements – could be potential modifiers of the widowhood effects and as such requires more systematic consideration in future research of widowhood effects on well-being and mortality.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Social Science & Medicine - Volume 66, Issue 4, February 2008, Pages 873–884
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